tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post1476128289494154124..comments2024-01-06T16:35:56.730-05:00Comments on EMILIE JOHNSON: Arrivés. Emiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-28184375734585839182016-07-05T06:14:02.064-04:002016-07-05T06:14:02.064-04:00Can't wait to see you Aralena!!!Can't wait to see you Aralena!!!Emiliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-72516257423570126002016-07-04T03:24:53.816-04:002016-07-04T03:24:53.816-04:00Welcome back, Emilie. I have missed you, and I hav...Welcome back, Emilie. I have missed you, and I have missed your accounts of life in France. <br /><br />The angel in the airport is definitely a sign of good things to come. I have found that living outside of Paris is another experience entirely, and am so curious to read and hear what you think about life in Aix.<br /><br />p.s. Anonymous needs a hug - a consuming, exploitative, entertaining hug.Aralenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599813866995083156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-69142475706147968072016-07-02T17:57:14.210-04:002016-07-02T17:57:14.210-04:00Thanks Jennie, Marnie and Alyssa for your kind and...Thanks Jennie, Marnie and Alyssa for your kind and encouraging words. Needing some positivity with such a drastic change at hand! Emiliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-10173691704128893352016-07-02T12:19:53.851-04:002016-07-02T12:19:53.851-04:00Emilie, I don't know you but I am sure that yo...Emilie, I don't know you but I am sure that you have done many kind things to and for your fellow countrymen and women and your French countrymen and women! Not sure where Anonymous is coming from you are way up there on the scale of kindness and caring for everyone in your life. Please keep on blogging with those wonderful words and photos.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556285785542911821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-81626888033096232392016-07-02T01:06:38.539-04:002016-07-02T01:06:38.539-04:00Those rooflines!!! *in love* Good luck with settli...Those rooflines!!! *in love* Good luck with settling in. I think, putting down new roots with children in tow, your absorption into the culture will probably be a lot easier than as a single or a couple. Children are a wonderful ice-breaker and a fertile channel for investing one's self in local society. <br />As for generalisations… looks like Anonymous has a few of his/her own right there. I've met enough Northern USA peeps in my 46 years (I'm an Aussie) to know that enough of them don't fit the mold Anonymous has cast. Nor do Aussies. I don't even drink! Lol!<br />Keep journaling. I enjoy it : )Marniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272651064111226861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-63655587070467207722016-07-01T21:21:16.801-04:002016-07-01T21:21:16.801-04:00I thought you were describing not the French as a ...I thought you were describing not the French as a generalization, but rather how one's impressions form a metaphoric door -- the kind that one walks through to get to a new life. As a native New Yorker who once moved to Iowa, I walked through such a door. It was a step toward loving a different place. So thanks for sharing a glimpse of your latest door. I look forward to seeing what lies beyond it. Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012278892234391801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-89070182107100148902016-07-01T11:37:17.000-04:002016-07-01T11:37:17.000-04:00Anonymous: Thanks for your thoughts. Certainly a v...Anonymous: Thanks for your thoughts. Certainly a valid notion and something to think about. The compulsion to put everything online for validation or entertainment is indeed a rampant trend. One I might be part of. However, this blog isn't that. <br /><br />This blog is a journal for me. A way to process my experiences. While I publish it openly, I am not requesting that anyone read it. I am open to conversation and if you'd like to have one, please leave your name in the future. <br /><br />I will take your advice on broad generalizations. Good, authentic writing is rarely based on those. Thanks for the reminder.Emiliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-11930384866373837592016-07-01T10:06:09.010-04:002016-07-01T10:06:09.010-04:00Perhaps, one day, you will return the gesture and ...Perhaps, one day, you will return the gesture and do something unexpectedly kind for one of your countrymen or women, when there's nothing in it for you. Maybe you won't even post it on the Internet. If you view your new home through something other than the North American lens, that is to say, simply in the ways in which it can be exploited and consumed and provide entertainment; you know, what it can do for you rather than how you can contribute to it, you may discover just how steadfast and compassionate the French and other cultures can be. But, who likes generalizations? Something to think about, if you feel so inclined...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com